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Corchorus capsularis

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	materials
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	20	37	13	45	Soil texture	heavy, medium	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1500	3000	900	3600	Soil fertility	high	high
Latitude	10	10	35	35	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6.5	7	5	8.6	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical dry summer (Cs)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	80	150
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
material	fibres	bark